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Leasing tips, tactics and strategies for commercial tenants
Dale Willerton and Jeff Grandfield RetailWhen looking to lease commercial property, it's crucial to do your research on location, size and cost, among other factors. Once you've found a place that fits your business, however, you must begin negotiating a contract with the landlord. Here are several tips and strategies to help.
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Best boss ever? Prove it with some employee appreciation
Brie Ragland Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementAs an executive-level employee, how many times a day does the following thought cross your mind? "Man, this boss thing is pretty freaking awesome! I have the big office, the great car, a team who reports directly to me, and my life couldn't go any better!" If your answer is even one time, then I envy you and would like to have a better understanding of your outlook on life.
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What makes a workplace healthy?
Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & FixturesEvidence keeps piling up that healthy workplaces produce big benefits for employers. Studies show offices and other work areas designed to enhance worker health and wellness not only reduce employee absences and reported illnesses, but also improve productivity and help to attract and retain employees.
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4 secrets to CEO productivity
Kristen McAlister Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementThe executives you see on the cover of Forbes magazine didn't make it on a fluke. They made it there with a combination of hard work and productive habits. Working those extra hours certainly helps, but that alone isn't the key to success. The one thing most successful people have in common is their passion and productive lifestyle. CEOs get the same 24 hours you and I do, yet they can manage to complete all their work with time left over for their personal life and hobbies.
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Metals Thoughts: Don’t call it a comeback
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesIn what has likely been the most exciting week for metals since 2013, gold has traded up as much as 5.2 percent and right back down again — all over the course of three effective trading days.
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When is good service too good?
Anne Rose Travel, Hospitality & Event ManagementIf you're in the service industry, whether travel or retail, you might pride yourself in offering excellent customer service as a selling advantage over your competitors. But is there a moment when good service becomes too good — unprofitable and unproductive?
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Metals Thoughts: Fat Tuesday
Brad Yates Natural ResourcesOver the last week, gold and silver are up $60 and $1.10, respectively, and have blown through most every technical level you could ask for. The next major resistance is both a major psych level and the long-term down trend that started in 2014.
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Why are so many retailers closing up shop? It’s not what you think
Danielle Manley RetailTechnology and e-commerce have transformed retail in the past decade. Many see e-commerce as the future, and experts have wondered if the brick-and-mortar retail location is becoming a thing of the past. However, it may not boil down to a simple fight between e-commerce and physical locations. The key to success seems to be the ability to transform your business to accommodate the changing customer base in the long term.
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Barcodes, QR codes or RFID tags? How companies select products
Dr. William Oliver Hedgepeth Distribution & WarehousingWhat happens with product information when a customer returns a product to the retail store or sends it into the reverse logistics supply chain of the online or face-to-face retail seller? A manufacturer of a product — such as a laptop computer or a new coffee maker — may have conducted their engineering analysis and later value analysis to make sure the laptop has been produced with the least expensive but reliable parts. But what about that information needed by the consumer on the product's use and safety?
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Keep your best people happy with these unique pay strategies
Mel Kleiman Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementIn the midst of an ever-tightening labor market, employee retention is a hot topic once again. Here are three ideas about how you can boost employee morale and retention with just a few tweaks to your existing pay policies. Let's face it, those policies were probably written years ago and have nothing to do with today's economics or workforce realities anyway.
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